Songs of the Week 12.29.2012

So sorry that I was unable to post last Saturday. As many of you heard (my screeching), I had an issue with malware that WOULD NOT DIE. I guess that’s what puts the “mal” in malware.

If you follow me on Twitter (and if you don’t, please do so now so I can hit my year-end goal of 1,000!), you may have noticed that I have been checking into True Blood quite a bit on GetGlue. I have wanted to watch the series for some time, so I checked out the DVDs from our local library. With HBO, you either have to pay to watch it on their channel or pay to purchase the DVDs. They don’t put their stuff on Netflix, so fortunately for me, @PlanoLibrary has the show in their collection.

In case you don’t know, True Blood is based on Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series. Set in Northern Louisiana, Sookie is a telepathic waitress who lives in the small town of Bon Temps. Vampires have “come out,” so to speak, and regular folks are getting used to them being around. As you might guess, some people don’t care, some people are obsessed (these people are referred to as “fangbangers”) and some care very much. Of course, Sookie meets and falls in love with a vampire, and that’s where her adventures begin.

Since the stories take place in Louisiana, the music played during the ending credits is very evocative of the area and that sort of swampy, southern-fed, sometimes dark feeling that the show wants to summon. Here are the songs that have been played during the end titles for Season One. Huge thanks to the fansite True-Blood.net and the website TuneFind for compiling these so I didn’t have to.